Shoe-fitting stool.



H. H. KRAMER.

SHOE'FITTING STOOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 1909.

Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

I q Vihwona UNTD STATES PATEN HENRY H. KRAMER, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN E. PEYTON, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

SHOE-FITTING STOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

Application filed May 5, 1909. Serial No. 493,991.

To all whom "it may concern:

:PEO it known that I, HENRY H. KRAMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Teri-e llaute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Shoe-Fitting Stool, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to shoe fitting stools used in shoe stores infitting shoes to custumors, and has for an object to provide a device ofthis kind that will adjust itself to the position of the customers footwhen placed thereon, and can be locked in this position for the purposeof lacing or buttoning a shoe.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which providesan easy and natural support for the customers foot thereby removing thewrinkles in the upper of a shoe which take place in the use of the usualform of stationary foot rest.

Still another object is to provide a device of this character which willpermit the customor to give the foot such movements as result whenwalking without removing the foot from the foot rest, thereby obtainingthe same feeling of the shoe on the foot as when walking.

With these advantages and other objects in view, which will be shown inthe accom panying specification and set forth in the claims, myinvention embraces the structure illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the assembled device.Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the stool. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsection of the foot rest. Fig. 4 is a cross section of the same.

In a more detailed description of my invention, in which like charactersof reference designate similar parts in the views shown, 1 designatesthe seat of a stool having the ends 2 terminating in the bearingportions 3 constituting legs. Secured to the opposite ends 2 of thestool are "the ends of the vertical sides 4 and inclined bottom 5 of areceptacle forming a compartment between the seat 1 and legs 3 of thestool, in which the shoe fitter may keep such accessories as buttonhook, shoe horn, brush, powdered chalk, etc, the inclined bottom of thiscompartment causing the articles to slide to the center of thecompartment where they will be concealed from view and easy to find whenwanted.

Suitably secured to one end 2 of the stool is a laterally projecting arm6 terminating in a beveled end 7. The arm is substantially rectangularin contour and is preferably made of metal; however, the construction isnot limited to this as any other material will do equally as well.Pivoted to the top surface of this arm 6 is the adj ustable foot rest 8terminating at its lower end in a lateral projection 9 constituting aheel rest which permits the heel of the shoe to be placed against theunder side of the projection whereby to permit the customer to slip thefoot easily into the shoe.

Secured longitudinally to the under side of the foot rest is aperforated disk constituting a ratchet 10, the purpose of which willpresently appear and an angular iron 11, said disk and angle iron havingalined openings to receive the pivot pin 12 and being adapted toslidingly fit similarly apertured plates 13 secured to opposite sides ofthe projecting arm 6 constituting bearings for the pivot pin. Seated onthe pivot pin is a coil spring 14 exerting a pressure on the foot.- restin a direction away from the arm (5, the purpose of this spring being topermit the adjustment of the foot rest to any desired angle, and also topermit the customer to give the foot such movements as result whenwalking without removing the foot from the foot rest.

For holding the foot rest at any desired angle a locking member isprovided to engage the perforated disk 10 which will now be described:The disk 10 is substantially a sector in facial contour and has formedadjacent its periphery a plurality of radial rectangular openings 15adapted to engage the pawl 16 of the locking member. The pawl 16 isrectangular in contour and is beveled on its upper face adjacent the endin order that when held in engagement in the radial openings 15 of theratchet the foot rest may easily be lowered. The lower face of the pawlbears on the lower edges of the said openings and prevents motion in theopposite direction until the pawl is re leased from engagementwith theratchet. The pawl 16 is seated in a sleeve 17, dis posed transversely tothe projecting arm 6 and terminating in lateral securing portions 18.The sleeve is secured at its inner end to the top of the projecting arm6 and at its outer end to the flange of an angle iron 19, suitablysecured to one side of the projecting arm. The shank 20 of the pawlprojects through the outer end of this sleeve 17 and terminates in anapertured end adapted to pivotally receive a latch 21. This latch isprovided with oppositely arranged bearing cars 22 adapted to pivotallyreceive and slidingly fit the end of the shank 20 of the pawl, said earsterminating in bearing portions 23, adapted to bear against the end ofthe sleeve 17 when the latch is in operative or horizontal position andrelease the pawl 20 from engagement with the ratchet 10. For yieldinglyholding the pawl in engagement with the ratchet a coil spring 24% isseated on the shank 20 of the pawl and held compressed between the innerend face of the pawl and the end of the sleeve 17 thereby exerting apressure on the pawl in the direction of the ratchet and holding saidpawl in engagement with the ratchet when in normal position.

As may readily be seen from the above description, the foot rest beingpivoted and working in conjunction with a ratchet and pawl lockingdevice may be placed in a vertical, or horizontal, or any intermediateangular position to conform to the desired position of the customersfoot and held at that position for the purpose of lacing or buttoningthe shoe. The ratchet may be thrown out of gear at the desire of theshoe fitter by placing the latch in a horizontal position therebypermitting the foot rest to adjust itself to the position of thecustomers foot when placed thereon and support the foot in a naturalposition.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the construction and operation of my invention mayeasily be understood without a more extended description, it beingunderstood that various changes in the form, proportion and variousdetails of construction may be made without sacrificing any of theadvantages or departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A shoe fitting stoolhaving vertical ends constituting legs, a supporting arm projecting fromone of said ends and terminating in a beveled end constituting a stop, aspring actuated foot rest pivoted on said arm near said stop, and meansfor yieldingly holding said foot rest in operative position.

2. A shoe fitting stool having a supporting arm adapted to secure a footrest, a spring actuated foot rest pivotally secured adjacent one end ofsaid arm, an apertured disk constituting a ratchet having terminal meansfor securing said foot rest, and a yieldingly held pawl adapted toengage said ratchet whereby to hold said foot rest in operativeposition.

8. A shoe fitting stool having a supporting arm provided with oppositelydisposed plates adapted to pivotally secure .a foot rest, a yieldingfoot rest having an oppositely positioned disk and angle iron adapted topivotally secure said foot rest to and slidingly fit said plates, saiddisk having radial perforations constituting a ratchet, and a springactuated pawl adapted to engage said ratchet whereby to hold said footrest in operative position.

4-. A shoe fitting stool having a supporting arm provided with lateraljournals adapted to receive a pivot pin, a pivot pin seated in saidjournals, a spring seatedon said pivot pin and exerting a pressure awayfrom said supporting arm, a foot rest pivotally secured to saidsupporting arm by said pivot pin and normally held inclined by saidspring, a ratchet combined with said foot rest, and a pawl operatingwith said ratchet for yieldingly holding said foot rest in operativeposition,

5. A shoe fitting stool having a supporting arm, an adjustable foot restpivoted on said arm, said foot rest having a ratchet pivoted on andadapted to slidingly fit said arm, a spring actuated pawl adapted to benormally held in engagement with said ratchet, and a latch connectedwith said pawl whereby to release said pawl from engagement with saidratchet.

6. A shoe fitting stool having a foot rest supported thereon andnormally held in inclined position, a ratchet combined with said footrest and pivotally secured to said arm, a pawl having a beveled endadapted to engage said ratchet, a sleeve assembled with said arm havingterminal means for securing said pawl, and a latch combined with saidpawl, said latch having bearing portions adapted to engage the end ofsaid sleeve whereby to remove the pawl from engagement with saidratchet.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY H. KRAMER. Witnesses:

A. L. MILLER, G. M. CRANE.

